Horseshoe-pad



' P'ATENTED 111-13. 16,1904;

J. F. ROBINSON. HGRSESHOE PAD: APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1903,

N0 MODEL.

illlllli? RIM I A 7TORNE Y8 UNITED STAT S] Patented Februar 16, 1904,

PATENT OFFICE.

HORSESHOE-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,468, dated February 16, 1904.

Application filed July 29, 1903. Serial N0- 167,412. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, J OHN FaANois ROBINSON, a citizen of. the United States, and a resident of Rockaway, in the county of Morris and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Horseshoe-Pad, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of my invention isto provide a horseshoe-pad which is almost entirely constructed of comparatively soft rubber or like clinging and yielding material and toprovide suitably placed and concealed metal stays, either removable from the body of the pad or immovably placed therein by reason of the body of the'pad being molded or cast around the stays. 7

Another purpose of the invention is to provide a simple and effective means for securing the pad to a shoe and, furthermorqto provide for constructing the pad in sections or in one piece, as desired, and to so shape portions of the sides of the pad that when a ,pad is attached to a shoe the shoe can be nailed to the hoof in the same manner and as conveniently as if the pad were not attached. v V I The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as. will be hereinafter fully set forth,and pointed V v fastened to the hoof as expeditiously and conout in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which slmilar characters of reference ind cate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional bottom plan viewof the improved pad and a horseshoe to which it is applied. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the pad and shoe. Fig. 3 is asection taken practically on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the forward end of the limb of the pad when adapted for use with a shoe having a toe-calk, the reinforcing-stay being omitted. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a reinforcing-stay; and Fig. 6 is a transverse section through the pad and shoe, illustrating another manner in which the pad can be secured to the shoe.

A represents a horseshoe of any ordinary type, and the horseshoe presented is illustrated va's'if the said pad were absent.

' the usual toe-calk 11, extending downwardly.

from the toe portion-of the shoe.

B represents the improved pad, which is constructed of rubber or any material which As shown, the

is the equivalent of rubber. pad is attached to a shoe provided with'a toecalk, and to that end the pad consists of side limbs or members 12 and 12?, connected at the rear by a fork-section or a transverse section 13, as is shown in Fig. 1, and at the forward end ofeach limb or side section 12 and 12 of the pad an angular recess 14 is produced, (shown particularly in Fig. 4,) the said recessed portions of the pad being adapted to fit snugly to the ends and inner side portions of the calk adjacent to the ends, as is shown in Fig. 1. Preferably under such construction of pad a space 15 is made to intervene between the limbs of the pad at its forward portion, asis shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

At the outer side face of each limb 12 and 12 of the pad a longitudinal recess 16 is formed, extending upwardly and inwardly, as is best shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, so as to expose the usual nail-receiving apertures or holes 17, produced in a shoe, whereby the said shoe maybe nailed to the hoof, and under this con- Structionit is obvious that the shoe may be ve'niently when the pad is attached to a shoe Each limb or side member 12 and12 of the pad is provided with achamber 18, extending from the outer forward end of the limb as far as may be desired in direction of the heel portion of the limbfand each chamber 18 is adapted to receive a stay-plate C, preferably made of metal and curved to conform to the shape of the limbs or side members of the pad. One of these stays is illustrated in detail in Fig. 5, from which figure it will be observed that the stay 0 is provided with a series of threaded openings 20. These openings 20 are adapted to receive the threaded portions of screws 21, the heads of which screws are countersunk in the upper portion of the shoe A, so as to render the upper face of the shoe perfectly smooth. The threaded portions of the screws 21 are passed down through, the material of the limbs or side members 12 and 12 of the pad into the threaded apertures 20 of the stayplates, and in this manner the pad is'secured to the shoe. After the pad has become unduly worn it may be readily detached from the shoe, and the stays C may be employed in connection with the pad which may be substituted. I desire it to be understood, however, that the stays C may be an integral portion of the padthat is to say, the pad may be formed or cast around the stays, so that they are not withdrawable-and I furthermore desire it to be understood that in the event the toe-calk 11 is not provided for the shoe the limbs or side members 12 and 12 of the pad may be continuous at the forward portion of the shoe. I, desire it to be further understood that in such an event the stay C may be in one piece, conforming substantially to the formation of the shoe.

In Fig. 6 I have illustrated a slight departure in the manner of attaching a pad to a shoe wherein instead of the screws 21 being passed limbs united at their rear ends by an integral through the shoe from the top and into the stays C recesses 22 are produced in the bottom of the pad, into which the heads of the screws are introduced and countersunk in the described and the means whereby it'is attached to the shoe and is strengthened without losing i its elasticity are apparent, and it is obvious that a pad constructed as described'is not only simple, durable, economic, and effective, but may be readily applied to any type of shoe.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination with a horseshoe having a toe-calk, of a pad comprising side limbs fitting the sides of the shoe and united at their rear ends by an integral transverse section,

said limbs being spaced from each other at f to this specification in the presence of two subtheir forward ends and provided at said forward ends with rabbets adapted to fit snugly ing a longitudinal curved chamber extendscribing around the corners of the toe-calk and'exing from within the heel portion of the limb to the forward end thereof and opening in that part of the pad abutting against the rear portion-of the toe-calk, and stay-plates fitting said longitudinal chambers and formed with diagonal forward ends to abut against the toe-calk, and means for securing the shoe, the pad and the stay-plates together.

2. The combination with a horseshoe having a toe-calk, of a pad comprising side limbs rear ends by an integral transverse section, said limbs fitting the toe-calk at their forward ends and each having a internal longitudinal curved chamber extending forwardly from iwithinthe heel'po'rtion of the limb and opening at thefront end thereof, stay-plates removably fitting said longitudinal chambers, the forward ends of the stay-plates being .flush with the forward ends of their respective limbs, and means for securing the shoe,

the pad and the stay-plates together.

3. A pad for horseshoes, comprising side transverse section, and coming short of meeting each other at their forward ends, said forward ends being adapted to fit the toe-calk of a horseshoe, said limbs each having a longitudinal internal chamber, extending forwardly from near the heel of the limb and opening at the front end thereof, and plates removjably fitting said longitudinal chambers.

4. A pad for horseshoes, comprising side limbs united at their rear ends by an integral transverse section and coming short of meet- .fing each other at their forward ends, said forward ends being adapted to fit the toe-ealk of a horseshoe, said limbs each having an up- .wardly and outwardly inclined recess at its ;outer face and a longitudinal internal cham- :ber extending forwardly from near the heel of the limb and opening at the front end thereof, and plates removably fitting said i longitudinal chambers.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name witnesses.

JOHN FRANCIS ROBINSON. Witnesses:

DAVID C. BERRY,

EDWIN J. MATTHEWS.

' fitting the sides of the shoe and united at their 

